KJV:
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
NASB:
"For behold, I am sending serpents against you, Adders, for which there is no charm, And they will bite you," declares the LORD.
KJV:
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
NASB:
"They bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me," declares the LORD.
KJV:
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
NASB:
"Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD.
KJV:
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
NASB:
"Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
KJV:
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
NASB:
Speak, "Thus says the LORD, 'The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field, And like the sheaf after the reaper, But no one will gather them.'"
KJV:
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
NASB:
but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD.
KJV:
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
NASB:
"Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised--
KJV:
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
NASB:
"But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD.
KJV:
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
NASB:
'For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah cling to Me,' declares the LORD, 'that they might be for Me a people, for renown, for praise and for glory; but they did not listen.'
KJV:
And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
NASB:
"I will dash them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together," declares the LORD. "I will not show pity nor be sorry nor have compassion so as not to destroy them."'"